Flooded, lessons learned

[anaphylaxis]

Thanks for the write up. Sorry to hear that you took a pretty good hit, glad you were able to pull though okay.

I considered myself to be lucky to live in Colorado since many things faced by others are not usually an issue here. That lasted until one evening when homes less than a mile away were put on notice to leave if anything became worse. My thinking on how isolated I really am has changed significantly.

[hatidua]

First-person accounts like this are far more helpful and informative for the rest of us than any theoretical list of emergency preparedness suggestions.

I too found FEMA to be a sorry excuse for an "emergency management agency", federal or otherwise. FEMA puts on a good show, not so good at actually rendering help where/when most needed.